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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1070492" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>a Colchester is probably the best hand lathe in current production. Have not seen a Tru Turn in a long time! The LeBlond Regal is another good one, but the apron and half nut can be a virtual nightmare. Plus the servo shift linkage is plastic, and will break when you can't afford it to. Still the fix is easy.</p><p> </p><p>The Monarch EE series are still the most accurate lathes ever produced. Extremely rigid. The real issue with them are in the spindle electronic drive. There are no spare parts to be had commercially. (note: the DOD probably still have warehouses full of spares). Of these electronic drives there are two designs. One uses tubes and the other is solid state. If you can get a stash of tubes, that's the better one. The rest of it is point to point wired. Rebuild able! I've rebuilt two or three of them (one 10" and the others 8"). The 10" was a tube drive, and the electrical guys didn't make any effort to rebuild it. Instead spec'd a "Euro-Drive" variable speed out fit. Ran good, but had no power. If a guy had the money, and the time; a Fanuc AC Pulse Code drive is the ticket. By the way, that 10" lathe was a rock solid .0005" or less lathe, but max cut in steel was about .030"</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1070492, member: 25383"] a Colchester is probably the best hand lathe in current production. Have not seen a Tru Turn in a long time! The LeBlond Regal is another good one, but the apron and half nut can be a virtual nightmare. Plus the servo shift linkage is plastic, and will break when you can't afford it to. Still the fix is easy. The Monarch EE series are still the most accurate lathes ever produced. Extremely rigid. The real issue with them are in the spindle electronic drive. There are no spare parts to be had commercially. (note: the DOD probably still have warehouses full of spares). Of these electronic drives there are two designs. One uses tubes and the other is solid state. If you can get a stash of tubes, that's the better one. The rest of it is point to point wired. Rebuild able! I've rebuilt two or three of them (one 10" and the others 8"). The 10" was a tube drive, and the electrical guys didn't make any effort to rebuild it. Instead spec'd a "Euro-Drive" variable speed out fit. Ran good, but had no power. If a guy had the money, and the time; a Fanuc AC Pulse Code drive is the ticket. By the way, that 10" lathe was a rock solid .0005" or less lathe, but max cut in steel was about .030" gary [/QUOTE]
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